Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-08-04
FOR TONOR'S SAKE.
by z. Z. TASJ-O1!,
author Of "Grcot Porter Sgurrc.a "Thc
Bright StGr c5 Life" lie
PART nI,-cuAprER vI.-coSr,xrnD

Close rs was tho intimacy which OK
fsted between the unhappy lady and her
maid, Mrs. Layton retained So Jealous n
possession of these discriminating doru-
ments that Ida White WAS not able to law
her hands upon them. In the company OF
Eustacc Rutland she was supping in Pre-
vost's restaurant on the night OF the 18th
OF March. She had Slipped away from
Mrs. Layton's house, rs she had often
done before, 10 meet her young and fool
ish lover. She saw her master and Mabel
enter the room, aud observed Layton
taking off his ulster. Then the idea
suddenly entered her head that Eustacc
and she should pcrsonate her master and
the young lady-with n full knowle,lco
how deeply those two were compromised
by their being together-an1 arrive horac
before them, by which time, doubtless,
Mrs Layton would bc asleep. She knew
that under her pillow Mrs. layton kept
the documents which Eustacc frantically
desired to obtain, and the possession OF
which would make her, Ida White, his
wife. III Mrs. Layton awokc and resisted
while the forged bills wcrc being alb
stracted, Eustacc would he ut hand 10 use
force, III necessary; and il was princi-
pally from the wish To compromise her
lover SO deeply that he would not dare to
break his promise 20 marry her that size
had determined TO put her idea into exc
cution. She knew that ordinarily Edward
Layton kept the latch key Of tho street
door in the rocket of his ulster. She
disclosed the scheme 10 Eustacc. and
threatened hiIl with exposure il he did not
do rs she desired. IL was she who took the
ulster from the wall OF the restaurant,
and IL was she who, secretly and expc-
diuously, assisted EJIstacc to put it on:
thcn they stole ont together and entered
the carriage. Before acquainting Eustacc
with her design she had ascCrtaincd that
Edward Laytun's carriage was waiting
for him and Mabel. She trusted to her
own resources TO keep her master out of
his house after she and Eustace had
entered IT,
Here q word is necessary rs to- tho true
meaning of Edward Layton's proceedings
during the day and night OF March -.
Abandoned rs were the hopes in which he
and Mabel had once fondly INDUCED. she.
still relied upon his efforts To save her
brother from harm. Eustacc had lost
heavily upon certain races lie had nlnde
n despniring appeal TO her, and she called
upon Layton 10 assist the errng lad. IL
was in the cndeavor TO discover Eustace
that Edward Layton had driven from
place To place to obtain from him the in.
formation necessary to rescue him from
TO meet Edward Layton in Bloomsbury
square at 10 O'Clock on the night Of that
day, in order that he might relieve hes
anxiety with respect To her brother.
How they met. and what transpired afttr
they met, have been already sufficiently
detailed.
lda W mites maucuvcrS wCrc sucC SIS
ful up to n certain point. She and
Eustace entered the carriagc, were driven
nome, and, unsupported, obtained en-
trance into tie house. Tho cnrresnan.
deneo between Eustace aud Mabcl had
been for some time conducted through the
medium Of the system Of the nine of
hearts, and it was either 10y an oversight
or 10y accident that Eustacc, during tho
drive from l'rcvost's restaurant To Edward
l-ayton's house, took from his own pocket
one OF these c:Stls and let il drop into tho
pocket Of the ulster. But when they
were safely ia IIytou's house, and crept
stcalthily and nosclcssly into Mrs. Inv
tons bedroom, they made the horrible
discovery that Mrs. Layton. in q moment
81 frenzy, had empticd the bottle OF
POISONOUS narcotics, and had by her own
VIII destroyed herself. Tho proof was
ot her bedside. When she had swallowed
the fatal pilla, the horror of tie decd
overwhelmed her. She summoned up
sufficient strength TO rise in her bed
10 take paper and the pen from the ink
stand, and before the death agony com
mcnccd in her sleep In write upon that
PAPER the confession which fixed upon her
the crime Of suicide.
Paving reached this point Of the STRANGE
story, ! demanded 10 know from Eustace
IL ltland what had become of that confes-
= on.
Ida took possession Of it." he said
lus MT gs
10 this
"Why did you not como forward and
rake this FuLlic;' ] cried
'BecHusc," was his reply, "Ida told me
'iat, II what we had done became known.
nothing COULD save MS from the langnau. -
DID she obtain Possession Of the forged
ncceptanccsf'
Eyes -
How was It that :hc tumbler from
which the fatal drnught was taken was ON
the mGntcl shelfr'
Ida placed il there"
u was enough. The entire facts Of this
my7tcrious case were clear to me. re-
puircd nothing more 10 prove Edward
IAyton's innocence that the possession Of
the document written almost In her death
throes by the unhappy wife
unlocked The door mud called M F'ov-
Ter Briefly and swiftly I told him what
was necessary, and said IL WIS not NJ All
Improbable Tint this document war i'm Ida
Nt1tc's lodgings at BriNton. and / had
scarcely uttered the words before n rat
tat-tat came ut The street door
at IS shcr' cried Eastacc
Vino asked, in great excitement.
Ida. be replied.
IL serves our turn cgnctIv. SIR. 80 mint
tered Fowler t1 me- and then addrceqipg
E1sinc', DE said. us chat your bed
roony pointing 20 "a comtnunicatinp
door
eyes"
eve win go in there. let the lady
come up."
We disappeared, leaving the ooumuri-
eating door partially opeu, mI TIE next
in'nute hoard ld1 NVhte' yoic.
Cursed luck" flc cricI .Tte lost
50 tgdnr. ] tcl sou whatIt b.. Egs.
iu'e-if $50 emit wuoclia y1Ur old gov
Gnor1uto fargiying ua gncr w, que mar.
ricd wc shall have % turn Loa.makors
our-n.vc7. You shall take the bets and
VIII DO the clcrfiug u will DE "a roycifr
and we shall make pots NJ money!
Iuetacc did not reply
JOY NDut tuu HIrIE.'' she continued
Arc y0u struck duuut'
lnrn came Eusiaccs voice, like the cry
Of dnspuirng 1ui.
'f"u arc @ devil WHY I1yc Won
driNcn mo 60 il.s, ] hate ylu. Lnfo ,ou
mr." youi lou ncud, you lave killed NV
ti.frrrf ''
Fowler did not wait far ire fo not ro
seized me by Tie arm and pulled me after